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Healthy Grandparents Raising Healthy Grandchildren

In the United States, more than three million children are in the primary care of a grandparent. More than one-half (55 percent) of these grandparents have been the primary caretaker for three years or more, and they face a number of economic, legal, and health challenges.

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A Lawyer’s Role: Ensuring the Health of Children and Youth in Foster Care

Too often, legal professionals only come into contact with children and youth when they are involved in some type of court action—whether before a judge independency cases, for delinquency or status offenses, or in domestic relations proceedings (such as custody, visitation, child support, and domestic violence).

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Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences

Heart disease, cancer, and chronic lower respiratory diseases are the leading causes of death in the U.S., and led to more than 1.3 million deaths in 2010. Researchers are increasingly turning their attention to young children and early traumatic stressors to further understand the pathway leading to these diseases and their associated risk factors.

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Preventing Prematurity

Prematurity is the leading cause of infant and newborn deaths in the United States. Each year, one out of every nine infants is born prematurely (CDC 2013).

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The Pregnant Elephant in the Room: The U.S. Maternity Care Crisis

Maternity and newborn care cost the United States over $50 billion annually—the largest category of hospital costs for Medicaid and commercial insurers—yet the United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 36th for neonatal mortality.

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The Role of Evaluation in Designing CHOMPERS! and Bringing Dental Care to Kids

In response to the clear and urgent need to improve the dental health of young children living in poverty in western and central New York, the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York launched CHOMPERS! Because the foundation was taking a brand new approach in implementing the Cavity Free Kids curriculum as part of the initiative, a strong evaluation was critical.

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